The two Arcanine watched as the Pikachu and Raichu walked on
while chatting. The two electric pokemon walked towards the two
large dogs without a care. Their conversation seemed deep and
took their complete attention. A scientist watched all four
pokemon from a distance. He held a small remote with a single red
button in his hand. He also had a small receiver in his ear. Once
he heard the confirmation signal, he hit the button. The
Arcanines instantly leapt at the electric pokemon. The two
pokemon were slow to react. The Pikachu dodged to the left as the
Raichu sprinted forward. The Arcanines reacted instantly to their
movements. The Arcanines were on their targets in less than a
moment. The scientist watched as the Arcanines quickly devoured
their prey. Rapidash and her cohort, Mewtwo, watched on a monitor
as the Arcanines cleaned their paws.

"Excellent." Rapidash said.

"I would expect no less from my creations." Mewtwo
said. "Even though those were only clones, the Arcanines
will work just as well and perhaps better with the real
things."

"This was the final field test?" Rapidash asked.

"Yes. Once we set these Arcanine loose in Lavender, they
will scour the area and eliminate any pikachu and raichu they
find." Mewtwo said.

"Excellent. You have total control over them right?"
Rapidash asked.

"Absolute control. They were bred so that I could control
them from any point on the earth. And with our satellites, we can
observe them from here." Mewtwo said.

"Good. I want no witnesses." Rapidash said.

"There will be none." Mewtwo said.

"Including him." Rapidash said.

Mewtwo looked down at Rapidash. Rapidash stared at the
monitor, waiting for Mewtwo to give the order to the Arcanines.
Mewtwo sighed. His eyes flashed red. The Arcanines looked up and
over at the scientist. They began to slowly pad over to him. The
scientist casually pushed the button on his control. The
Arcanines kept moving towards him. The scientist began to panic
and began to rapidly push the button. The Arcanines began to move
at a faster pace. The scientist realized that his life was at
stake and turned around and began running. He didn't get far. As
he ran, he suddenly felt the impact of two large paws on his back
and the crushing sound of his neck breaking. Rapidash smiled.
These Arcanines will do nicely, she though. Mewtwo flicked off
the monitor once the Arcanines finished their meal.

"When do they get deployed?" Mewtwo asked.

"As soon as possible." Rapidash said.

Pikachu arrived at the hideout without any problems. But as
soon as he landed, the problems started. Raichu was the first to
greet them. Pikachu sent Zapdos out for patrols before he
acknowledged Raichu. Pikachu went into the hideout. Raichu became
concerned and followed Pikachu into the hideout. The hideout was
mostly empty because most of the other gang members had gone
home. Pichu was sleeping on a cardboard box. Pikachu and Raichu
went to the far side of the room. Pikachu told Raichu what had
happened.

"You lost the treaty." Raichu said. "I told you
to do everything to keep it."

"I couldn't turn on Wartortle." Pikachu said.

"So now Rapidash is mad at us. What do we do now?"
Raichu asked.

Pikachu began to think. He could call a Boss Council, but
doubted that Rapidash would want to talk about things or even
show up for that matter. He could call a secret Boss Council of
just him, Wartortle and a few others. But Rapidash would see that
as a hostile act. Pikachu was running out of options. A rumble
was evident. He just didn't want that to happen.

"I need to speak with Wartortle." Pikachu said.
"We'll decide what to do from there."

"Okay. But us and Wartortle aren't going to be enough in
a battle. Rapidash is probably going to go for the Psychic gang
as allies. If they do that, then we're finished." Raichu
said.

"Then we'll have to get to Alakazam first." Pikachu
said. "Set up a meeting with Wartortle, Alakazam and myself
for the earliest possible time. Right now, I just want to go
home."

Raichu nodded and left. Pikachu went and gently woke Pichu up.

"Pichu?" Pichu asked groggily.

"Come on little guy. We're going home." Pikachu
said.

Pichu and Pikachu walked home without any trouble. It was dark
and was getting cold. Soon they were at home. Pikachu wasn't very
hungry so he went straight to bed. Pichu ate and went to sleep.
Pichu's sleep was short lived. There was a rustling in the bushes
near where he slept. Pichu quickly got to his feet and looked
around. His eyes were adjusting to the darkness. He saw a large
figure moving through the bushes. Then he saw another. Pichu
didn't know what they were, but he was sure they weren't
friendly. Pichu quickly nudged Pikachu. Pikachu rolled over and
didn't wake up. Pichu went over to the bushes and peeked through.
There were two large dog like creatures pacing back and forth,
waiting for their chance to strike. One was hunched over,
sniffing the ground. Pichu jumped out of the bushes to confront
the creatures.

"Pichu!" Pichu yelled.

The Arcanines looked up and saw the Pichu, but paid him no
mind as they continued the sniff around. One of the Arcanines let
out a howl as it jumped over the bush that Pichu came out of.
Pichu let loose with his thundershock attack and hit the Arcanine
from behind. Both Arcanines turned their attention to Pichu.
Pichu quickly tackled one and let out another thundershock to the
other. One Arcanine swiped at Pichu, hitting him on the head.
Pichu fell and rolled a ways. Pichu quickly got up. His head was
throbbing. Pichu let out another thundershock at one of the
Arcanines. The attack hit home and stunned the Arcanine he hit.
The other pounced on him. Pichu was pinned under the weight of
the large pokemon. Pichu tried another thundershock, but had run
out of electricity. Pichu tried scratching and biting. The other
Arcanine looked down at Pichu. It lifted one paw for a deadly
blow to the head. Suddenly a thunderbolt attack came out of
nowhere and slammed into the Arcanine that was holding Pichu
down. The Arcanine fell over and Pichu scrambled away. Pikachu
jumped out of the bush and launched another thunderbolt at the
other Arcanine. The Arcanines launched themselves at Pikachu.
Pichu tried a tackle attack on one of the Arcanine. The attack
hit Arcanine, made the Arcanine lose its balance and it slammed
head first into a tree. The Arcanine fell unconscious. The other
Arcanine met a thunderbolt from Pikachu. The attack hit home but
the Arcanine didn't seem phased. The Arcanine landed on Pikachu
and pinned him down. The Arcanine opened its mouth to try to bite
at Pikachu. The Arcanine suddenly lost its balance as Pichu had
slammed into its side. Pikachu quickly scrambled away as the
Arcanine leapt at Pichu. Pichu quickly dodged away. Pikachu let
out a thunderbolt attack at the Arcanine from behind. The attack
hit home and the Arcanine fell over, unconscious. The other
Pikachus in the nearby areas came to see what all the commotion
was. They instantly saw Pikachu and Pichu standing near the two
unconscious bodies of the Arcanines. Raichu was watching from
atop a nearby tree. As was Mewtwo.

"Looks like you lose again Mewtwo." Raichu said.

"Hm. Next time I'll handle it personally." Mewtwo
said as he flew off into the sky.

Raichu jumped from tree to tree until the pikachu crowd was
out of sight. He then jumped down to the ground where Alakazam
was waiting.

"Did Pikachu win?" Alakazam asked.

"Yes. Your interference worked perfectly." Raichu
said.

"My gang will join with Pikachu for this rumble. I don't
like the way Rapidash tried to handle this." Alakazam said
as he walked off.

Moltres and Zapdos sat high atop a cliff that overlooked the
home of Pikachu and his gang. Moltres had warned Zapdos about the
oncoming threat. Zapdos then warned Raichu about the threat.
Raichu in turn asked for help from Alakazam. Alakazam provided
psychic interference, which slowed down the Arcanines reaction
time. Raichu knew Mewtwo from his old dealings with the electric
gang. Mewtwo had come to personally watch his Arcanines do their
work. Mewtwo did not detect Alakazam's interference. During the
battle, Mewtwo told Raichu everything about the Arcanines.

It was early morning when both Wartortle and Alakazam appeared
at the gang's entrance. Pikachu was surprised that Raichu had
worked so fast. He was also concerned because Raichu hadn't shown
up yet. Pikachu invited Alakazam and Wartortle in for a
conference. Alakazam was not going to reveal his actions from the
night before.

"I've got a problem guys." Pikachu said.
"Rapidash has decided that I'm her enemy. She wants to wipe
us out. And Wartortle too."

"I've always had problems with her." Wartortle said.

"This is the exact reason why I voted no to having a
female Boss." Alakazam said.

"I was attacked last night by two Arcanines that were
being controlled by mental telepathy." Pikachu said.
"Usually an act like that would be grounds for declaring
war, but I want to avoid that at all costs."

"If it does lead to a rumble, then you can count me
in." Wartortle said.

"Yes, me too." Alakazam said.

"They have Mewtwo in their ranks." Pikachu said.

"No problem. Mewtwo is weak against the psychic
type." Alakazam said.

"So are you." Wartortle said.

"It doesn't matter who's weak against who. What matters
is that if a rumble should happen, we need to get it over with as
soon as possible! I don't want any casualties." Pikachu
said.

"Where have you been? Wartortle and Alakazam were here
today and you weren't!" Pikachu demanded.

"I overslept." Raichu said.

Pikachu sighed. Pichu was snoozing next to him. The activities
the night before had left him exhausted. Pikachu was tired too,
but he had more important things to worry about. Pikachu knew
that there was going to be more trouble than necessary before
this problem with Rapidash is done with.